10% job quota for economically weaker section in Haryana

Jan 24, 2013, 04.58AM ISTTNN

CHANDIGARH: Haryana on Wednesday announced 10% reservation in government jobs for the economically weaker sections in general category.

With this decision, the total reservation in government jobs in the state has gone up to 67%. Haryana has job reservation of 20% for Scheduled Castes, 27% for Backward Classes, 10% for Jats, Rors, Jat Sikhs, Tyagis and Bishnois and 10% for economically weaker sections.

The government's decision came after a Cabinet sub-committee, headed by finance minister H S Chatha, submitted its recommendations.

On December 12, the Haryana State Backward Classes Commission had also recommended 10% quota for general category while recommending 10% reservation for Jats, Rors, Bishnois, Jat Sikhs and Tyagi community. While accepting the recommendations related to Jats and four other castes, the council of ministers had constituted the Chatha committee to review the recommendations related to quota in general category.

After the Cabinet meeting, chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said reservation above 50% in the state was not illegal. "A notification about reservation will be issued with immediate effect,'' he said.

According to the Chatha committee recommendations, Rs 2.5 lakh has been fixed as the maximum income cap for those entitled for the job quota.